Comments on: George Friedman on SBSP During “The Next 100 Years” http://c-sbsp.org/2009/01/04/george-friedman-on-sbsp-duringthe-next-100-years/ Learn about SBSP and help get the word out. Tue, 01 May 2012 14:09:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mars Methane Highlights Energy Potential of Space « Citizens for Space Based Solar Power http://c-sbsp.org/2009/01/04/george-friedman-on-sbsp-duringthe-next-100-years/#comment-1723 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:44:25 +0000 http://c-sbsp.org/?p=80#comment-1723 [...] Based Solar Power on The Commercialization of Space-Based Solar Power?Explore Home Power on George Friedman on SBSP During “The Next 100 Years”Keith Henson on George Friedman on SBSP During “The Next 100 Years”Kyle on Obama [...]

]]> By: Explore Home Power http://c-sbsp.org/2009/01/04/george-friedman-on-sbsp-duringthe-next-100-years/#comment-1248 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:52:40 +0000 http://c-sbsp.org/?p=80#comment-1248 Space based power…

In our efforts to bring you the cutting edge developments in home power, we direct you to a podcast from Stratfor on space based solar collectors.
The podcast starts off referencing the discovery of large amounts of methane gas on Mars. Energy could b…

]]> By: Keith Henson http://c-sbsp.org/2009/01/04/george-friedman-on-sbsp-duringthe-next-100-years/#comment-919 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:16:20 +0000 http://c-sbsp.org/?p=80#comment-919 I don’t have your confidence in the US, China is graduating almost ten times as many engineers as the US and that’s where the change comes.

But I think you are dead on with space based solar power. The key to making it economical is lowering the cost of lifting millions of tons to GEO.

There have been two methods proposed this year, and both of them look like they will get the cost down to under $100/kg. Details here:

http://htyp.org/Dollar_a_gallon_gasoline

http://htyp.org/Penny_a_kWh

http://htyp.org/Hundred_dollars_a_kg

http://htyp.org/Miller%27s_method

Best wishes,

Keith Henson
hkhenson@rogers.com

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